Amazon.com Sales Tax

Amazon.com Help: About Sales Tax on Items Sold by Amazon.com:
"Items sold by Amazon.com LLC, or its subsidiaries, and shipped to destinations in the following states are subject to tax:

Arizona
California
Kansas
Kentucky
New Jersey
New York
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Texas
Washington"

Amazon.com Slips Back Into The Red With $7M Q2 Loss @ Forbes

Changing The Tax System To Tax Amazon When Amazon Doesn't Make Any Profits

The company reported a net loss of $7m in the quarter to June 30, compared with a profit of $7m a year earlier, as revenues grew to $15.7bn. The world’s largest online retailer has been spending heavily on order fulfilment and digital content rights, which continue to weigh on margins.

NJ: As a portion of that deal, Amazon promised to invest $130 million in two state-of-the-art distribution centers, and the state said the e-commerce retailer will be eligible to apply for economic incentives to build those facilities...

The Christie administration estimates that Amazon will collect between $30 million and $40 million in sales taxes within the first 12 months.

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(Asus) Google Nexus 7 (2013)

Google Nexus 7 (2013) - CNET Reviews

Full HD screen, faster, thinner and lighter than previous generation device (left:old, right:new)

" at $230 (for 16GB), it's still an affordable tablet with one of the highest values in the market, despite a $30 price hike over the previous generation. The $270 32GB Wi-Fi model and $350 4G LTE version are even better values, especially compared with similar configurations of the iPad Mini. ...The 2012 version of the Nexus 7 is still a great tablet supported by the latest version of Android and starts now at $150 (at Walmart) "

iPad mini is currently best sold tablet, and with Nexus 7 it is getting some real competition.

Google: 25% of North American Internet Traffic

Google Serves 25 Percent of North American Internet Traffic | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

"Everyone knows Google is big. But the truth is that it’s huge. On an average day, Google accounts for about 25 percent of all consumer internet traffic running through North American ISPs...Three years ago, the company’s services accounted for about 6 percent of the internet’s traffic."

RAD Apps

SalesForce used to advertise "no software" software.
Now some call is "no code" cloud apps...
Rapid App Delivery, or even older name "CASE tools" :)

In the cloud, code doesn't need developers | Development environments - InfoWorld